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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms Radeon HD 7970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 3557 days newer than Radeon HD 7970M.
Advantages of Radeon HD 7970M
- Consumes up to 7% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 100 vs 107 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 55% better in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than Radeon HD 7970M - 107 vs 69 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970M - 4 vs 2 GB
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
107
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.66/FPS
100%
Price, £
£178.04
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 7970M
Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970M | vs | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 24th, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| London | Generation | Navi II |
| Not Available | MSRP | $199 |
| None | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
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